The Beacon Recreation Center

Public input led to a reimagining of recreation services for Southeast Arlington. The resulting master plan unifies indoor and outdoor experiences at Webb Park. With sustainability, place-making and community-building as central themes, the two-level facility hosts an ensemble of complex programs with both indoor and outdoor activities seamlessly combining social, fitness and recreation spaces.

Designed to capture natural daylight and frame views of Webb Park, the building has been configured to connect with the park and its surrounding neighborhood. Outdoor amenities include a skatepark, a playground, a splashpad, an event patio and a fitness garden. Indoor activities come into view as parkgoers arrive on site and witness recreation center activities through abundant windows. As visitors step inside The Beacon, the words on the front desk welcome them in many different languages. Murals of local artists inspired the facility’s color palette.

State-of-the-art construction, optimal building efficiency and a more effective, connected and dynamic master plan for Webb Park influenced the design and the project budget, which encompassed new parking, utilities, landscaping and access drives.

ARCHITECT OF RECORD

Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture 

Denver, Colo.

AQUATIC CONSULTANT

Water Technology Inc.

Beaver Dam, Wis.

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